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"He started trying to play chords on it and he said ‘Malcolm! Bob! What’s wrong with this instrument? It only plays one note at a time!’": Dissecting the musical magic of Superstition, the song Stevie Wonder just couldn’t let go

“He played it to Motown, and they said, 'No way is Jeff Beck getting this song, it's too good’”

“He played it to Motown, and they said, 'No way is Beck getting this song, it's too good’”: Dissecting the musical magic of Superstition, the song Stevie Wonder just couldn’t let go

“He played it to Motown, and they said, 'No way is Beck getting this song, it's too good’”: Dissecting the musical magic of Superstition, the song Stevie Wonder just couldn’t let go

Exploring the mechanics of the song which was taken to mega-success by Stevie Wonder - much to Jeff Beck's frustration

“I thought, ‘He’s given me the riff of the century!’”: The classic song that Stevie Wonder wrote for Jeff Beck — but ended up saving for himself

“I thought, ‘He’s given me the riff of the century!’”: The classic song that Stevie Wonder wrote for Jeff Beck — but ended up saving for himself

The clavinet was a fresh and distinctive sound — and its most iconic recorded moment was on Superstition

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“For someone like Hendrix, who had known poverty, it had to be exhilarating to think, ‘I’m on the cusp of this unimaginable place’”: The remarkable untold story of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios – from the man who helped him build it

Founded by Hendrix just months before his death, Electric Lady Studios was a mind-expanding creative mothership where his guitar playing reached new heights...

“I think of the guitar as a punctuation to the vocal. It's about, ‘How can I be an exclamation point?’” Cage The Elephant guitarist Nick Bokrath explains his unique guitar grammar –and the innocence of pedal steel

Neon Pill is Cage the sound of Elephant stretching their legs and finding fresh sonic territory to explore, and here, Bokrath explains where that sound is coming from, where it's going and what made it

"The man's mind was on so many different levels – it's amazing": Eddie Kramer breaks down Jimi Hendrix's remarkable approach to guitar layering on the ambitious Night Bird Flying

Check out this clip from the forthcoming documentary documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

“He was driven internally to build a home base where he could record everything he felt”: 38 unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks recorded shortly before his death are set to be released for the first time

The recordings were captured at Hendrix’s Electric Lady studios with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox, and will be accompanied by a documentary on the studio’s creation

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A Jimi Hendrix box set featuring 38 unreleased tracks recorded in the months before his death is on the way

A Jimi Hendrix box set featuring 38 unreleased tracks recorded in the months before his death is on the way

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision is scheduled for release in September - watch the new video for Angel [Take 7] now

“Every record has its hilarity and dark nights of the soul.” Every St. Vincent album in her own words

“Every record has its hilarity and dark nights of the soul.” Every St. Vincent album in her own words

St. Vincent has one of the most bold, original and acclaimed catalogues in modern rock. Annie Clark talks us through every album

Jack Antonoff jams with Zane Lowe on his analogue synths, and says he doesn’t know where the “spark” he has with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey comes from

Jack Antonoff jams with Zane Lowe on his analogue synths, and says he doesn’t know where the “spark” he has with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey comes from

“We have all the best gear in the world, but it’s basically an apartment,” Antonoff says of his room at Electric Lady Studios

Stranger Things fans react to star Joe Keery leaving Electric Lady studios

Stranger Things fans react to star Joe Keery leaving Electric Lady studios

Fans wondered if Keery was involved in a collaboration with pop star Taylor Swift, who has been recording at the same studio

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